Rainy Day! Rain all day…

It continually amazes me that I can find answers to so many questions so easily. I was having a small issue with my keynote presentation, so I wrote a query in regular English in the search bar of Chrome and the AI came up with the exact answer I needed. So cool!

It is so frustrating to me when I have a thought and I can’t get it down for whatever reason. Often I use Siri to help me remember something. This has been a godsend. Admittedly sometimes what I say doesn’t make a lot of sense when I see it in print – but it made sense at the time. Often I can figure out what the heck I was talking about. Other times, I actually take the time to write something down somewhere. And since many of my more pithy thoughts are around the campaign, I have documents where I can jot those thoughts down. Yay. I know I thought of something just recently that I didn’t get down because I was listening to a video on driver safety. I do hope that it comes back because it seemed pretty cool at the time.

Speaking of the driver safety class, one of the good things about taking the day off was that I got that GD course accomplished. It cost me $85 – $80 for the class and $5 for a convenience (WTF) charge. Grrr. And I will probably have a $120 fine to pay on top of that. At least that is my guess. Anyway, this class was a lot shorter and a lot better than the one I took for Seneca Falls. And it is behind me now. I have sent the certificate to the county court guy and will hopefully hear from them soon with what the next steps are. This whole process is interesting though not particularly fun.

I remembered the thought! It was: I think I will wear my Grinch outfit tomorrow anyway. Just to honor Halloween. I have a couple of engagements – one with JC and EC. And one with SM for dinner. I think they all will be ok with me showing up as the Grinch. I am not going to do make-up as I just don’t have the mental energy (or the make-up) for it. So the mask will have to do.

My sort of plan for tomorrow is to go to JC and EC and maybe be there an hour or two. Definitely out by noon. Then head to the library and pick up the library books waiting for me. I may or may not head to the campaign bank. And I might go to my other banks – just because I am dressed up. When my errands are done, I will return home and futz around until dinner with SM. We are going to go to the new sandwich place that now inhabits the space that Parker’s inhabited. Sounds like a good day’s plan to me.

Whoa! I got a response already from the county DA. It had an attachment that I need to sign and return to the Town Court House, so I will add that to my list of things to do tomorrow. How exciting is that? It ain’t over yet…Not till the fat lady (me) pays the fine…

Augustus for President: Could I be getting traction already? There were two contacts in my list on the website. One signed up for emails. Not really sure what that means, but ok. And the other is someone who wants to volunteer for the campaign. How weird is that? The second one is local, so I plan on asking him to meet at some point soon. Not really sure what to do with a volunteer just now, though. I guess if he is someone I connect with, I will ask him to wear a badge and give him an NFC card and start him out in the world sharing my existence. Maybe he can also organize something at HWS where I can do a meet and greet. Neither of the contacts have filled out any of the surveys, so I guess I will start there.

I sent them both emails.

Also, my niece has graciously agreed to help me with my outrageously long thoughts document. That is awesome too! She is a dependable, capable, smart person. So excited!

Maybe if I end up taking the trip in February by myself (not ideal) I am going to look into possibly buying and towing a trailer to save on housing costs. What do you think? I just saw a cool one for around $5k. That might be cheaper than 55 nights of hotels…well, at $100 a night that would be $5500 so…

I love the monster on the second floor!

And I wasn’t even trying!

I made out like a bandit this evening. If only every shift could be like this. And it wasn’t because I was dressed as the Grinch, though that might have helped a little here and there.

Today was Halloween. I am not much of one for celebrating Halloween much. Maybe from too many disappointments in Halloween as a youngster. Or something. Who knows. I haven’t done much psychotherapy…

Two dashing shifts. The first was incredibly lumpy. Well paid ride. Wait. And Wait. Well Paid ride. And wait…etc. I barely made the minimum target. So weird. Then the second shift, oh my goodness. I did well fiscally. I didn’t drive a horrendous amount. And I got a lot of candy for my troubles! Woo hoo!

Treat!

I spent a lot of time over in Seneca Falls during the second shift. The algorithm tried to send me to Waterloo during my first shift. And I didn’t go. Because I was dressed up and wanted to see as many of my regulars as I could during my shifts. I saw just about everyone. (And got a free Frosty from Wendy’s) Well, no, that’s not true. Maybe two thirds of my regulars. Businesses, not customers. I don’t see customers that regularly anymore.

All in all it was a pleasant day. And I had fun as the Grinch. I even went grocery shopping all dressed up. I wanted to get some stuff for my trip. I know that food will be scarce on the planes nowadays. I remember being fed on a 30 minute puddle jumper – at least a drink and some peanuts. Now, nada.

On a completely different subject. It looks like Tesla is not going to do much for us lowly HW3 people for the foreseeable future. The AI/FSD team just released their forward looking goals, and a version for HW3 wasn’t even on the list. Which is fair and understandable. If they don’t announce a HW4/AI4 upgrade plan soon, I will have to rethink keeping this automobile. Damn my HELOC. I have been using the current HW3 version of FSD for a few days and overall it is still great. It has a few issues – especially with speed limits. And speed. I have no idea why I ask it to go 59 and it just drops back to 55 for no apparent reason. Not quickly, but over time. Maybe the car just likes to go more slowly, despite me having set it to assertive. It has done some cool things here and there as well. All in all, yay FSD imho.

Elon is an ass. Amazing. And an ass. Just saying.

One more shift of work and then I will start aiming for vacation and travel mode. I do like the traveling part of traveling, don’t I?

All done. Dinner has been snarfed – second-to-last helpings of the Mexican leftovers. Duolingo has been lingoed. Spanish currently. And the blog post has been typed. Life is good. Sometimes. Often?

Vacuum Packed!

Brick pants!

Like a brick of green fluff! And when I opened it and expanded it, I found a lovely pair of green fluff trousers! My Grinch ensemble is basically ready. I will check on everything tomorrow, so I don’t have to look for things on Thursday. It is going to be a warm day, which is a mixed blessing. But I only have to wear it for seven hours or so. I will survive.

Today was a two dash day. Despite doing decently for the first dash, it just seemed difficult and a bit painful. The second dash was just painful. Two good rides out of 11. Lots of crappy long rides. With long waits at stores. Just not a good dash at all. Let’s hope that tomorrow’s dashes are both good, shall we? Hope springs eternal.

We had some rain today. I didn’t check for leaks. I should have. But I just didn’t want to get up at around 2:45pm and look. So, next rain storm.

I paid bills. Pretty painless since I don’t have to write checks and stuff envelopes and put on stamps etc.

My friend LF gifted me some of a delicious spaghetti squash dish that she made. I am so lucky!

Tomorrow, I need to call the insurance people. And I also want to go by Chris Buttons’ office and drop off a copy of the letter for him. Maybe they will let me copy it there. Or something. I like doing Chris tomorrow because it is going to be a warm day and I can walk to his office. I doubt he will be there or that he will be receiving. I don’t need to talk with him, I just want to drop off the letter about the sidewalk. I am of course hoping that he will just take care of it and leave me out of it entirely. That would be nifty. But we shall of course see.

Tonight, more MacGyver. Working through the second season. 22 episodes a season! Old school! The show is pre-covid! Ancient history.

Oh, something out of the ordinary happened. I made it weird I think. I was in MacDonald’s picking up and order and someone tapped me on the shoulder. A woman was there and asked if I liked McCafe. I told her that I was dashing. She said she wanted to buy me a cup of coffee. I told her that I didn’t actually drink coffee, but thank you very much for the thought. I asked her name and she gave it. I told her mine as she walked away. In the car, I thought about giving her my phone number, but when I am dashing, I don’t generally like to dilly dally. Too little too late. I might never see her again. Though I think she works at a restaurant downtown. Not one that I pickup dashing orders from. Anyway. I am not suave.

And that’s all the news for tonight. I have done some duolingo (working on music today). And had leftover Mexican food food dinner. Yum!

Deer X-ing

No, I didn’t x any deer today. The Tesla, even in the dark, saw some deer and stopped to let them cross the road. That is a good thing. The car doesn’t seem to care too much about squirrels though. Or cardboard boxes in the road. I wonder what that is about.

I have been using FSD (Supervised) a good bit lately. It is a free trial until towards the end of November. It still has speed issues, thinking that surface roads unless otherwise marked, are 25 mph. And country roads, unless otherwise marked, are 45. That sucks. Oh, and some of the country roads also get the 25 mph treatment. Grrr. Other than that, I like it a lot. As long as I am nominally in charge, it doesn’t always do what I would or would like to. But it is safe and that is the important thing, isn’t it?

I’d pick them up!

Two dashing shifts and as has been the case lately, I did a bit better during the first shift than I did in the second shift. I think it is because there are more dashers at night and more of them skip the crappy rides, so I get a lot of those. I think I had two “good” rides (maybe 3) out of 14 this evening. 14 rides ought to be at least $70 at 5 a ride. And I didn’t achieve that. Oh well. Life is ok.

Dashing in the dark sucks, imho.

I also ran a quick errand for my friends who seem to be sick. That isn’t fun! Hope you all feel better soon!!

The week is started. That is a good thing. Tomorrow, bill pay. Wednesday recycling out. Thursday is Halloween and I am still thinking I will dress up as the Grinch. I got my grinch pants in today. I haven’t unboxed them yet. And therefore haven’t tried them on. I will get them open and airing out sometime tonight, I am pretty sure.

Happy to, so far, not be in a try hard Duolingo group. I am on Japanese practice today. And I have already eaten dinner. It was left over chicken – deep fried to make it crispy (so much better!!), with french fries and a salad. Easy peasy. Tomorrow, more Mexican food. And soon, I need to get out my suitcase and tape it up some more. Makes it easy to identify! Tortoise crossing!

It Begins!

The houses and yards are getting decorated! I guess it is almost some holiday or other. Who knows. Anyway, saw this one and thought it worthy of a picture. There are lots of decorated houses. And they are so varied. From the simple (even more simple than this) to the truly awesome. I think the house on West Street is doing even more this year! Maybe I will pay for an entry if they have tours. We shall see.

It’s begun!

Today was the last two dash day of the week. Huzzuh! Both dashes were decent. One funny thing happened late in my second shift. I had picked up one of two orders from Char Burrito and I was heading to pick up an order at Man Yuan, when I noticed that I had the Char Burrito order in my hand. I am so used to delivering food, that I instinctively took the order with me when I got out of the car. Definitely a sign that I need to develop a different way of earning money.

One crappy thing also happened. Luckily not crappy in a physical or mental harm sort of way. This was a ride that I was offered and took. The offer was presented to me as $6.25 for about 6 miles. Not great, but I was doing ok fiscally so I thought “why not.” I picked up the order and entered the address into the car’s navigation system and…it wasn’t six miles by car – but by flying car! Alas my Tesla does not yet fly. So I had to drive. 10 miles one direction!! This has happened a few times and it is really irksome. A bad ride turns into a terrible ride. I even called and complained to dasher support. Hopefully they will fix this issue. Grrr.

I have eaten already. I had an omelet. Well, half of an omelet. And guess who forgot he had pork still in the fridge? Yes, this guy. I hope it will still be good on Saturday which is my next meal at home opportunity. Anyway, with the omelet, I had a hash brown (a frozen patty like hash brown), an English muffin and two left over buffalo chicken wings that I hadn’t eaten. I am always fighting entropy by trying to eat what is in the fridge and letting nothing go to waste.

And I have done my Duolingo. Spanish mostly today. Working on a quest to finish 50 lessons with more than a 90% correct score. Percolating along. My partner has been known to do many lessons in a day sometimes, so hopefully they will finish it up for us in a timely fashion.

I watched all of Nobody Wants This starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brodie. I have always liked Kristen Bell. Adam Brodie…he’s ok. It was a good show, overall. First season. We shall see if there is another one. Now I have nothing I am dying to watch. I am saving the final Last Kingdom movie for this weekend. So, I guess I will just watch whatever happens to cross my path tonight.

Happy Thursday! Tomorrow is another exciting day!